A Combat Marine’s Life Story,Escaping Death’s Sting” is a great read. You’ll laugh and cry with Joel Lee Russell as you go through the stages of his life starting as boy where he gets his sex education on the streets to his time on the front line as a Marine in Vietnam . You’ll feel his joy of returning home only to be despised by the country he fought for. This is one man’s struggle with finding the true meaning of religion and God and his purpose in life. Get prepared to take a journey as Joel takes you through his life.